Sea Scouting Leadership Archives

This Scouter makes a splash in Sea Scouts

By Scouting magazine

Growing up in rural Arkansas, T.W. Cook spent only a year in Cub Scouting. But adult involvement was pretty much inevitable once he joined a Scouting family.

The New-Leader Guide: Tips to Get You Started Down the Scouting Trail

By Michael Freeman

We created this handy guide to help you through the first months of your Scouting career. Half of the tips stem from our own experience; the other half come from Scouters across the country.

Strive for Scouting success using Journey to Excellence

By Michael Freeman

Are you offering the best possible Scouting experience for your Scouts? With Journey to Excellence, you’ll know for sure.

How to effectively capture and share your Scouting experiences

By Scouting magazine

Instructors from the BSA’s Visual Storytelling Workshop share their tips and tricks for taking better photos and video of your Scouts. Plus, they detail how you can share these images to help promote Scouting.

An ethics debate on how to handle unearned credit

By Scouting magazine

Use this dilemma to discuss unearned credit with your Scouts.

Launch a Sea Scouting program with this Mate’s advice

By Scouting magazine

Get started — or keep your Sea Scouting program afloat — with advice from Mate Adam Tunks.

Pro fisherman Tom Redington shares how to hook Scouts on fishing

By Scouting magazine

Get your Scouts hooked on fishing—especially when it comes to the science, technology, engineering, and math involved in the pastime—with tips from professional fisherman Tom Redington, father of a Tiger Scout.